As I walked across the campus of Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University, I came upon a table filled with young people chatting and enjoying the fine weather. 1 Trilogy, an Austin, Texas-based software company, had a reputation for recruiting(招聘)our top students.I walked over to the table.“Are you guys here to recruit?” I asked.“No,” they replied firmly.“We're not recruiters.We're just hanging out with friends.” How interesting, I thought.They've come to campus on a workday, all the way from Austin, just to hang out with friends.
I noticed one member of the group sitting on the grass, having multicolored hair, full-body tattoos, and multiple holes in his ears. 2 But as I would later learn, he was a gifted student who had inked the highest-paying deal in the history of their departments.What a change from my own college days, when students would put on their dressy clothes and carefully hide their personalities to prove that they could fit in with the company. 3 In fact, the guy I met on the campus just signed on with Trilogy, right at that table on the grass, with the recruiters who do not “recruit”.
4 I once asked one young man why he was going to a smaller city in Texas.“The company is excellent,” he told me.“There are also terrific people and the work is challenging.” Though he had several good job offers from Pittsburgh's high-tech firms and knew the city well, he said he felt the city lacked the lifestyle options, cultural diversity, and tolerant attitude that would make it attractive to him.
5 He is a member of what I call the creative class:a fast-growing, highly educated and well-paid part of the workforce.They do not consciously think of themselves as a class.Yet they share a common attitude that values creativity, individuality, difference, and advantage.
A.An obvious lazy guy avoiding work, I thought.
B.As they summed it up, “How would I fit in here?”
C.Some of them are the top students in the university.
D.Today, apparently, it's the company trying to fit in with the students.
E.While I was interested in the change, something even bigger struck me.
F.Several had identical blue T–shirts with “Trilogy @ CMU” written across them.
G.This young man represents a lively new force in the economy and life of America.
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Once many years ago, I pulled a family out of a burning car somewhere in Wyoming. Last week I 36 a telephone call from a woman who could not stop 37 as she told me that one of the stories in my book had saved her son from committing suicide.(自杀) In closing she called me a 38 .
That 39 me thinking about what a hero really is. Was I a hero 40 I pulled a family from a burning car? If so, how could I be a hero just because I 41 a story that saved someone’s life?
Today I decided to look up the word “hero” in the dictionary to see 42 what it meant. It 43 “a person who does something brave”. As I read on, it also said “ a person who is good and noble”.
That statement 44 me more than the part about being 45 . So I thought about something very important. Say I was walking into the local Wal-Mart Store and I 46 to open and hold the door for someone as a courtesy (礼貌) . As they passed me by, I said, “How are you today?” Most of the time that would be no big deal, 47 this time let’s say it was for someone who was deeply 48 and near the end of the rope.
I was in such a condition after my marriage of twenty years ended. I was within hours trying to get up enough 49 to end the pain and misery. When I returned home, someone had 50 me a card in the mail which told me how 51 they would appreciate me as a friend. That wonderful card probably saved my life. That person, without even knowing it, saved a life and became a hero.
Similarly many children come out of the orphanages (孤儿院) 52 a very hard and bitter attitude against the world, but the gifts we send them let them know that they have not been forgotten. 53 , most of them will never hurt anyone because of the 54 shown to them by those of us who cared. If it 55 , we will also become “heroes”.
36. A. made B. received C gave. D. accepted
37. A. cheering B. laughing C. thinking D. talking
38. A. writer B. player C. gentleman. D. hero
39. A. helped B. let C. got D. made
40 A. while B. if C. though D. because
41. A. said B. wrote C. made D. recalled
42. A. exactly B. easily C. directly D. obviously
43. A. wrote B. told C. read D. described
44. A. helped B. gave C. touched D. impressed
45. A. brave B. good C. kind D. noble
46. A. happened B. wanted C. intended D. meant
47. A. though B. since C. because D. but
48. A. desperate B. excited C. moved D. stressed
49. A. money B. energy C. ability D. courage
50. A. sent B. carried C. brought D. took
51. A. deeply B. completely C. well D. much
52. A. without B. for C. with D. within
53. A. Hopefully B. However C. Besides D. Unfortunately
54. A .luck B. respect C. confidence D. kindness
55. A. matters B. works C. acts D. does
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